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Kerry McCarthy vs Blake Stephenson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 317 different votes 320 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
32 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
32 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,820
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
1,031
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
789
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API